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MECH   200 CLASSICAL THERMODYNAMICS                 Credits 3.00  Spring 97
001 MWF     10:00AM-10:50AM PL*212   Chapman, Alan

MECH   211 ENGINEERING MECHANICS                    Credits 3.00  Spring 97
Equilibrium of static systems, dynamics of a particle, dynamics of
particle systems, and rigid-body dynamics.  Elements of vibrational
analysis.
Prereq- Phys 101,102, Math 101, 102.
Also offered as Civi 211.
001 MWF     09:00AM-09:50AM ML*251   Wang, Chao-Cheng

MECH   311 MECHANICS-DEFOR SOLIDS                   Credits 3.00  Spring 97
Analysis of stress and deformation of solids with applications to beams,
circular shafts, and columns.
Prereq- Engi 211.
001 MWF     11:00AM-11:50AM ME*123   Wang, Chao-Cheng

MECH   331 JUNIOR LABORATORY I                      Credits 1.00  Spring 97
Static and impact testing of engineering materials.  Beam deflection and
shear center experiments are included.  Strain gauges are applied and
tested.
001 TH      02:30PM-05:30PM          Angel, Yves
002 F       02:00PM-05:00PM          Angel, Yves

MECH   332 JUNIOR LABORATORY II                     Credits 1.00  Spring 97
Instruction in fluid mechanics and thermodynamics.
001 M       02:00PM-05:00PM TBA      McStravick, David
002 T       02:30PM-05:30PM TBA      McStravick, David
003 W       02:00PM-05:00PM TBA      McStravick, David

MECH   340 INDUSTRIAL PROCESS LAB                   Credits 1.00  Spring 97
Practical experience in and observation of selected industrial
processes.
Sign-up in Mech.Engr. Office.
Prereq- Mech major
001 MW      02:00PM-05:00PM          Gesenhues, Joseph

MECH   372 FLUID MECHANICS II                       Credits 3.00  Spring 97
Continuation of Mech 371 devoted to airfoil theory, lubrication,
boundary layers, and turbulence.
Prereq- Mech 371.
001 MWF     10:00AM-10:50AM ME*123   Collis, Scott

MECH   404 SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT                    Credits 4.00  Spring 97
001 TBA     TBA                      McStravick, David

MECH   408 MECHANICAL DESIGN PROJECT II             Credits 4.00  Spring 97
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MECH   412 VIBRATIONS                               Credits 3.00  Spring 97
Analysis of discrete and continuous linear, mechanical, vibrating
systems with particular emphasis upon multi-degree-of-freedom systems.
Approximate methods are included.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM ME*123   Spanos, Pol

MECH   420 FEEDBACK CONTROL/DYNAMIC SYST.           Credits 3.00  Spring 97
Introduction to Feedback Control, System Modeling in Frequency Domain,
Introduction to State Space Analysis and Design.
001 MW      10:50AM-12:05PM HB*21    0411024

MECH   481 HEAT TRANSFER                            Credits 4.00  Spring 97
General study of the principles of heat transfer by conduction,
convection, and radiation and their application to problems of
engineering practice.
001 MWF     09:00AM-09:50AM ME*123   Bayazitoglu, Yildiz
001 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM ME*123   Bayazitoglu, Yildiz

MECH   482 INTERMEDIATE HEAT TRANSFER               Credits 3.00  Spring 97
Further study of heat transfer by conduction, convection, and radiation.
Applications to various problems in Mechanical Engineering.
Prereq- Mech 481.
001                                  Bayazitoglu, Yildiz

MECH   485 BIOMECHANICS OF HUMAN MOVEMENT           Credits 3.00  Spring 97
This course will apply basic mechanics principles to the study of human
movement.  Both joint mechanics and locomotion anaysis will be
considered.  La grange's and Newton-Euler methods will be studied as
well as basic feedback control, signal analysis, and data acquisition
techniques.
Prereq- Mech 211 - Engineering Mechanics.
001 TTH     01:00PM-02:20PM ME*123   Ambrose, Catherine

MECH   502 VIBRATIONS                               Credits 3.00  Spring 97
Graduate level version of Mech 412.  Offered concurrently with Mech 412.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM ME*123   Spanos, Pol

MECH   508 NONLINEAR SYSTEMS ANALYSIS II            Credits 3.00  Spring 97
Review of fundamental properties of nonlinear systems.  Nonlinear
ordinary differential equations:  Existence and uniqueness of solution.
Lyapunov Stability:  Stability definitions, lyapunov's direct method,
invariance theory, stability of linear systems, Lyapunov's linearization
method, converse theorems.  Input-Output stability:  Small gain theorem,
passivity theorem.  Case studies:  Application to control problems
including nonlinear and adaptive control and robotics.
Also offered ad Elec 508.
001 TTH     02:30PM-03:50PM ME*123   Ghorbel, Fathi

MECH   511 CONTINUUM MECHANICS I                    Credits 3.00  Spring 97
Concepts and general principles common to all branches of solid and
fluid mechanics.  Applications include non-Newtonian fluid mechanics and
nonlinear elasticity.
001 MWF     10:00AM-10:50AM RL*231   Angel, Yves

MECH   517 FINITE ELEMENT METHODS                   Credits 3.00  Spring 97
Introduction to the finite element analysis with applications to
problems in fluid and solid mechanics.
001 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM RL*231   Akin, John

MECH   523 PROBABILISTIC STRUCT DYNAMICS            Credits 3.00  Spring 97
Also offered as Civi 523.
001 MW      11:00AM-12:20PM RL*231   Conte, Joel

MECH   538 EXPERT SYSTEMS - ROBOTICS                Credits 3.00  Spring 97
Engineering applications of artificial intelligence and expert systems
to robotics and automation
001 M       07:00PM-10:00PM TBA      Magee, Kevin

MECH   564 OPTIMAL CONTROL                          Credits 3.00  Spring 97
Optimal control theory and calculus of variations.  Minimization of
functionals depending on variables subject to differential constraints,
non-differential constraints, initial constraints, and final
constraints.  Analytical and numerical methods.
Also offered as Caam 564.
001 TTH     04:00PM-05:20PM RL*231   Miele, Angelo

MECH   580 MECH MODELLING & ANALYSIS OF PHYSIOLOGIC Credits 3.00  Spring 97
A survey of existing Mathematical models for physiological systems will
be presented.  Bone Remodelling around Orthopedic devices, Circulatory
Mechanics.  Models for Immune Response, Reaction-Diffusion Systems, and
others will be discussed.
001 MWF     09:00AM-09:50AM ML*254   Harrigan, Timothy

MECH   585 BIOMECHANICS OF HUMAN MOVEMENT           Credits 3.00  Spring 97
See Mech 485.
001 TTH     01:00PM-02:20PM AL*B209  Ambrose, Catherine

MECH   593 MECHANICAL ENG'G PROBLEMS                Credits 1.00  Spring 97
With approval, mechanical engineering students may elect an
investigation or design project under the direction of a faculty member.
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MECH   601 SPECIAL TOPICS                           Credits 1.00  Spring 97
001 TBA     TBA                      Miele, Angelo

MECH   602 SPECIAL TOPICS                           Credits 1.00  Spring 97
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MECH   603 SPECIAL TOPICS                           Credits 1.00  Spring 97
001 MWF     02:00PM-02:50PM ME*123   TBA

MECH   604 SPECIAL TOPICS                           Credits 3.00  Spring 97
001 TTH     02:30PM-03:50PM AL*C117  TBA

MECH   605 SPECIAL TOPICS                           Credits 1.00  Spring 97
001 TBA     TBA                      Akin, John

MECH   606 GRADUATE SEMINAR                         Credits 0.00  Spring 97
001 MWF     03:00PM-03:50PM ME*123   Bayazitoglu, Yildiz

MECH   673 ADV FLUID MECHANICS I                    Credits 3.00  Spring 97
Conservation equations for viscous compressible fluids. Applications to
viscous and inviscid flows. Simple flows of non-Newtonian fluids.
001                                  Meade, Andrew

MECH   800 RESEARCH AND THESIS                      Credits 3.00  Spring 97
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